Originally Posted by StuckInYYZ

It depends on your use case. Part of the appeal of the big brand tags is that you don't necessarily have to be near the tag to track it. Chinese tags/tiles/whatever you want to call it likely wouldn't have that kind of coverage. They might have a plugin with Wechat, but again, limited market vs. Apple or Google/Samsung. I mean, if you travel within Asia, it might be competitive, but outside of that? Not so much (especially with security allegations against them)



It'd still be blockable. Both are Apple services, however Apple would point them at different servers. Otherwise there could be a service degradation. It's just a matter of capturing the data and breaking it down (not difficult for a security outfit to do). This is just something airlines have to decide on. If the effort is worth it or not.